Jury Review Process
Submitted work is considered by a jury of professionals from a broad range of disciplines in computer graphics.

All submissions are juried together and there are no strict rules for acceptance. The jury primarily looks for a combination of technical and artistic achievement. A longer list of traits the jury typically looks for includes innovation, originality, production value, creativity, resolution, narrative quality, design, entertainment value, and advancement of visualization in the artistic and scientific fields of digital technologies.

If Your Piece is Accepted:
You will receive notification soon after the jury meeting.

Your submission form is also an acceptance agreement.  By signing it, you are stating you have the necessary authorization and rights to submit this material in your name.  This may involve seeking clearance from your employer or from others who have loaned your material. The agreement helps prevent situations whereby Orlando ACM SIGGRAPH  presentations include material without permission that might lead to complaints or even legal action. In addition, this agreement asks if Orlando ACM SIGGRAPH may use your materials for conference and organization promotional material in exchange for full author/artist credit information (which you may decline).

Images of accepted work will be published first on the SIGGRAPH website, in June.  Chosen entries will also be shown at the Chapters Booth at SIGGRAPH 2008.

Permissions                                                     
You are responsible for securing the necessary permissions and licenses for visual and audio material contained in entries for the SIGGRAPH 2008 Computer Animation Festival. While you are encouraged to use original music, pre-recorded music or covers can be used if the required licenses are obtained.

Synchronization licenses must be secured for inclusion of copyrighted musical compositions in film or video presentations. Securing synchronization rights involves approvals from both the music publisher and the record label that owns the original master recording. This process is sometimes straightforward, sometimes difficult, and sometimes, often for well-known popular recording artists, impossible. In the past, submitters of accepted pieces have had to withdraw their films from the festival due to music licensing issues. Other submitters have had to replace their music tracks with a licensable version in a way that compromised the impact of their work. For these reasons, all submitters are encouraged to secure music rights for their film as early as possible in the production. For more information on music licensing, and to find the necessary contacts for the recording you would like to use, see the ASCAP and BMI web sites:

ASCAP

BMI